| dc.description.abstract | In Kenya, tobacco is grown in four provinces, namely, Nyanza (Migori, Kuria, Suba and
Homa bay districts), Western (Bungoma, Busia, Teso and M ount Elgon districts), Central
(Kirinyaga, Muranga, and Thik a districts) and Eastern (Meru, Kitui and Machakos districts).
However, 80% of the country's tobacco production comes from South Nyanza region (mainly
in Kuria, Migori and Homa bay districts). This research project was carried out in the above
four (4) district s of South Nyanza regi on. The overall goal was the investigation of the sust
ainability of traditional an d modern household livelihood strategies of tobacco farmers and
how they would be diversified through the introduction of bamboo as an alternative crop to
tobacco production in the region. This research has attempted to go into consid erable depth
in its objectives to promote local enforcement of the Framework Conve ntion on Tobacco … | en_US |
